Stupid(est) news comment of all

[SantaMufasa]

As I read Tracey's thread "Stupid news comment", it reminded me of the most outrageous news faux pas I ever encountered. It was several years ago following the tragic murder outside her London flat of beloved British TV news presenter, Jill Dando.

I was reading an edition of "The Metro" (the free newspaper distributed on the London Underground). They showed a photo of Ms. Dando leaving her London flat. The caption read, "Police were unable to determine whether the photo was taken before or after her murder."

Excuse me???

Are there other brain-tilting or outrageous Jay Leno-style "Headlines" out there that you have witnessed?

Mufasa
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[CajunCenturion]

PaulTEG - Ouch!!

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[SilentAiche]

Courtesy of CNN about 30 minutes ago, regarding today's giant plant fire in St. Louis:

Wolf Blitzer: [blue]Mr. Mayor, is this an area that's prone to these types of fires?[/blue]

Mr. Mayor: Why, yes, Wolf, most of the plants around here have popped off at one time or another...

(at least I wish the mayor had said that)

Tim

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[SilentAiche]

From the ever dependable News & Observer (I would italicize the name, but this paper never, ever leans to the right).

In a wire story picked up from the Appropriated Cess regarding the presence of mad cow disease in a U.S.-born cow:

[blue]Some tests have detected tissue from the central nervous system in samples of beef products. However, many meat comapnies remove the spine and brain before slaughter.[/blue]

What do you have to do, drive a silver steak through its heart to kill it?

Tim

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[SantaMufasa]

Tim,

Excellent catch. It often seems to me that the "Appropriated Cess" (as you appropriately call it) has "removed the spine and brain" of it "journalists" before they write their stories.

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[craigsboyd]

SilentAiche,

ROFLMAO! That one made my day, thanks. <g>

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